Sepia Saturday: India Memories
This photo from February 1992 was from my first visit to India while making a documentary about a women's health program in Deenabandupurum on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. If I get ambitious, I might post a digital version of that video that I haven't look at in easily a decade. I'll never forget the "protagonist" of the piece, a low caste woman named Jeya Laxmi who endured years physical abuse from her husband and went on to run against a Brahman man as mayor of her village.
posted by Ladrón de Basura (a.k.a. Junk Thief) @ 4:55 PM
13 comments
13 Comments:
Wow! I didn't realize you had been in India. You must have many such stories. It's not an easy culture to understand in some respects.
Kat
Kat - Oh, yes, India several times and Nepal, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Haiti, Catalonia...
Nice post. Do you know if Jeya Laxmi was successful?
wow , what a story - i do wonder what jeya is up to now 18 years later
do get ambitious!!
I want to see that video and get an update on Jeya. Tell us more !!!
Well that had to be very difficult, strange, and fulfilling. Interesting photo! I see from the other comments that you really have traveled near and far. Looking forward to more intrique soon! You likely can enjoy and relate to the diversity of the city by the Bay
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Did she win the race?
She lost by two points.
Wonderful post. I'd like to know more too.
well, it is interesting to see that women that would be considered in the west as living in some backward way, manage to take control of their lives when confronted to adversities. feminism is still alive!!
thanx 4 sharing.
an update on those women would be nice.
:)~
HUGZ
I'm also interested in Jeya Laxmi's success. What an interesting post.
What a great photo, and what an inspiration Jeya Laxmi is. (Not to mention yourself!)
Yes, it seems like the votes are all in favor of seeing that documentary.
Fascinating post. Nice to see Sepia interpreted in terms of more recent and immediate memories for a change.
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